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SUMMARY:Responding\, Recovering and Rebuilding from Covid in Bristol and the West of England
DESCRIPTION:At the start of 2020\, Bristol and the West of England was often described as a diverse\, thriving and dynamic city region with a young\, growing population and internationally recognised strengths in innovative and high value industries\, including advanced engineering\, the low carbon sector\, professional and financial services\, and the digital and creative industries. However\, the region was being constrained by historic deficiencies in public transport capacity\, a housing crisis that risked shutting out many of our essential workers\, and pernicious inequalities that left 15% of Bristol residents living in some of the most deprived areas in England. Our air quality was poor for many years\, three out of the four worst performing areas in the country for young people going on to higher education were in South Bristol alone\, and Bristol’s Black and Minority Ethnic communities faced among the country’s worst inequalities at work and in education. \nThe emergence of the pandemic has had a profound impact on the city region. Although a recent Avison Young study suggested Bristol is in a more resilient position than many other UK cities\, the region has still seen large scale closure of retail\, cultural and hospitality sectors\, major reductions in economic output and\, as of the end of July 2020\, 30% of eligible employees furloughed. With several national support schemes ending in the autumn\, we are braced for a rapid rise in unemployment that will hit our disadvantaged communities hardest. \nRichard Bonner and Zara Nanu talk about the collaboration and partnership that has enabled a city region wide response and how this work will meet the immediate challenges over the winter as the outbreak grows as well as rebuilding a green and inclusive city region.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/responding-recovering-and-rebuilding-from-covid-in-bristol-and-the-west-of-england/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T204500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T213000
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UID:1183-1602967500-1602970200@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Break the Spell of Financialisation
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to take part in a ritual to break the spell of financialisation on transaction data. \nMost transactions used to take place in cash\, and only you and the person you bought from had that information. Nowadays\, most transactions are digital and banks are keeping records of everything we buy and monetizing that data by selling it to third parties. \nInspired by the work of Brussels-based collective Desorceler la Finance (Unbewitch Finance)\, this participatory performance employs visualisation\, spell-writing and charms\, in an attempt to protect our data. \nLara Luna Bartley is an artist and PhD candidate at the University of the West of England’s Digital Culture Research Centre (DCRC)\, focused on engaging audiences in debate about the monetary\, banking and financial system through participatory art.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/break-the-spell-of-financialisation/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T203000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132426Z
CREATED:20260701T112857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132426Z
UID:1182-1602963000-1602966600@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Levelling Up the Left Behind\, Myth or Possibility?
DESCRIPTION:For decades\, successive governments have avoided explicit industrial goals\, wary of Britain’s poor performance in the 1970s. But growing concern about productivity and regional inequality means that industrial policy is back and has a distinctly local flavour. What should a government committed to ‘levelling up’ do to revive flagging regions? How should local decisions be made and funded? What does this mean for cities like Bristol\, facing trade-offs between reviving their economies versus the risk of a new local lockdown? \nThe panel includes Torsten Bell (Resolution Foundation); Raquel Ortega-Argilés (City- REDI Institute\, University of Birmingham) and Marianne Sensier (Alliance Manchester Business School) with chair Andy Bounds (FT).
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/levelling-up-the-left-behind-myth-or-possibility/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T184500
DTSTAMP:20260701T132426Z
CREATED:20260701T112856Z
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UID:1181-1602957600-1602960300@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Ha-Joon Chang\, What Next After Globalisation?
DESCRIPTION:Globalisation is being questioned like never before in 2020 – trade and the security of supply chains have become a front-line concern for every family. Leading economist Ha-Joon Chang will look at the big shifts ahead in the global economy\, casting a sceptical eye on conventional wisdom. Is trade an insurance mechanism\, connecting us with others\, or is it a risk in a world threatened by pandemics? Is globalisation unravelling? Is the world’s centre of economic gravity moving to Asia as the US declines and China exerts its influence? What are the post-pandemic prospects for the poorest countries in the world?
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/ha-joon-chang-what-next-after-globalisation/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T174500
DTSTAMP:20260701T132426Z
CREATED:20260701T112856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132426Z
UID:1180-1602954000-1602956700@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Linda Scott\, The Double X Economy: The Epic Potential of Empowering Women
DESCRIPTION:Modern slavery is 71% female. Eighty per cent of the earth’s farmable surface is owned by men. UK women lose £140 billion a year in wages to the gender pay gap – the equivalent of £10\,000 each. \nAllowing women farmers the same resources as men would reduce the number of chronically hungry by up to 150 million. Giving female entrepreneurs in Britain equal access to capital would add £250 billion to the economy. The global economy’s wealth would be £160 trillion higher if the gender pay gap were closed. \nLinda Scott explores both the shocking gender inequalities built into the global economy\, and the collective power of women that could be harnessed to turn these around and combat humankind’s most pressing problems. She shows that promoting women’s economic empowerment will dramatically boost social\, financial and environmental conditions for everybody around the world.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/linda-scott-the-double-x-economy-the-epic-potential-of-empowering-women/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T163000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132425Z
CREATED:20260701T112855Z
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UID:1179-1602948600-1602952200@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Ground Zero - How to Revive the Arts World when Crowds Are Banned
DESCRIPTION:Outside the NHS and social care sectors\, the arts have been ground zero for COVID-19\, part of the economy in which groups\, mingling and interaction are vital. From orchestras and theatres to festivals and nightclubs\, this sector involves performers and the crowds watching them. In a world where crowds are banned\, how can the arts be revived? Will the era of packed performances ever return? If not\, what are the implications for the funding of the arts? \nThe panel includes Giorgio Fazio (Newcastle University)\, Liz Harkman (Bristol Festivals Network)\, Ruth Towse (Bournemouth University)\, Penny Warner (Team Love) and Andrew Kelly (Bristol Cultural Development Partnership).
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/ground-zero-how-to-revive-the-arts-world-when-crowds-are-banned/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T141500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T151500
DTSTAMP:20260701T132425Z
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UID:1178-1602944100-1602947700@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Talking Politics - Live
DESCRIPTION:Coronavirus! Climate! Brexit! Trump! Politics has never been more unpredictable\, more alarming or more interesting. Talking Politics is the podcast that tries to make sense of it all. Every week David Runciman and Helen Thompson talk to the most interesting people around about the ideas and events that shape our world: from history to economics\, from philosophy to fiction. What does the future hold? Can democracy survive? How crazy will it get? It’s the political conversation everyone is having – please join us .
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/talking-politics-live/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T140000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132322Z
CREATED:20260701T112842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132322Z
UID:1177-1602939600-1602943200@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Shriti Vadera in conversation with Diane Coyle
DESCRIPTION:It has been a turbulent year\, and 2021 promises just as much economic uncertainty. \nEconomics Festival Co-Director Diane Coyle will be in conversation with Baroness Shriti Vadera\, discussing how to navigate the economic and political currents. Chair designate of Prudential plc and about to complete her term as Chair of Santander UK\, Baroness Vadera was a minister in Gordon Brown’s government during the financial crisis. \nThe conversation will range over how we went from the ‘End of History’ in 1989 to two major economic downturns in little over a decade and predictions of the demise of capitalism.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/shriti-vadera-in-conversation-with-diane-coyle/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T114500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T123000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132322Z
CREATED:20260701T112841Z
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UID:1176-1602935100-1602937800@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Ask an Economist\, Covid-19
DESCRIPTION:The economic impacts of the coronavirus as still being felt and they are still being understood. This event gives you the opportunity to put your questions to government economists who are working on understanding and interpreting the effects of the pandemic on economic life in the UK. Whether you’re interested in the labour market\, international trade\, the effects on businesses or the after-effects of a shift to working from home\, put your questions to those working with the data. \nHosted by Mark Chandler\, Deputy Head of Policy at the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales and Grant Fitzner (pictured)\, Chief economist and Director\, macroeconomic Statistics and Analysis at the Office for National Statistics.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/ask-an-economist-covid-19/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T104500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T113000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132321Z
CREATED:20260701T112840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132321Z
UID:1175-1602931500-1602934200@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Extreme Economies - from Despair to Hope\, Richard Davies with Anne Case
DESCRIPTION:What does survival in the world’s most extreme economies – from refugee camps\, to disaster zones to failed post-industrial cities – teach us about the Covid-19 pandemic? Festival co-director Richard Davies will be in conversation with Professor Anne Case\, discussing the world’s toughest economies\, and asking how human resilience and frailty plays out\, and what lessons we should take for our own future. Professor Case is based at Princeton and her recent book\, Deaths of Despair\, has been shortlisted for the 2020 FT/McKinsey business book of the year. Richard’s book\, Extreme Economies\, won the 2020 Lonely Planet/Stanford’s travel writing prize.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/extreme-economies-from-despair-to-hope-richard-davies-with-anne-case/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T201500
DTSTAMP:20260701T132321Z
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UID:1174-1602876600-1602879300@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Tim Harford
DESCRIPTION:When was the last time you read a grand statement\, accompanied by a large number\, and wondered whether it could really be true? Statistics are vital in helping us tell stories – we see them in the papers\, on social media\, and we hear them used in everyday conversation – and yet we doubt them more than ever. But numbers – in the right hands – have the power to change the world for the better. If we are willing to let them\, good statistics help us see things about the world around us and about ourselves – both large and small – that we would not be able to see in any other way. \nTim Harford takes us deep into the world of disinformation and obfuscation\, bad research and misplaced motivation to find those priceless jewels of data and analysis that make communicating with numbers worthwhile. He reveals how we can evaluate the claims that surround us with confidence\, curiosity and a healthy level of scepticism. And he shows us that if we think carefully about the way numbers are sourced and presented\, we can look around us and see with crystal clarity how the world adds up.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/tim-harford/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T191500
DTSTAMP:20260701T132321Z
CREATED:20260701T112839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132321Z
UID:1173-1602872100-1602875700@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Is Big Government Back?
DESCRIPTION:Lockdown showed that the government can massively intervene in the economy\, and it will continue to have to provide large-scale fiscal support for months or even years to come. Does this mark a decisive turning point in the role of the state in the economy? And if so\, what will government intervention of the future look like? And what are the implications of this for the economy and society. Our panel includes Suresh Naidu (Colombia University)\, (Nick Pearce (Institute for Policy Research\, University of Bath) and Kim Scharf (University of Birmingham). \nIn our ninth Festival of Economics\, co-programmed by Diane Coyle and Richard Davies\, economists and experts from around the world debate with each other – and their audiences – some of the key economic questions of our time.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/is-big-government-back/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T174500
DTSTAMP:20260701T132126Z
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SUMMARY:Lionel Barber
DESCRIPTION:Lionel Barber was the Editor of the Financial Times from 2005 until January 2020 and is widely credited with transforming the FT from a newspaper publisher into a multi-channel global news organisation. He spent more than a decade with the giants of business\, finance and politics\, often privy to their innermost thoughts in moments of crisis. During this time\, Barber was witness to the events which shaped the first part of the 21st century: the rise of China\, Brexit\, the tech boom and the crisis of western liberal democracy. His diaries – The Powerful and the Damned – offer unflinching portraits of this time\, and of the leading characters in this drama from Trump\, Cameron\, Blair\, Obama\, Putin\, Merkel\, Draghi and May\, to Prince Andrew\, Mohammed Bin Salman and Dominic Cummings. His work is essential reading for anyone interested in politics\, the economy\, business\, pop culture\, high society and what the powerful\, and occasionally dammed\, really think.\nLionel Barber was the Editor of the Financial Times from 2005 until January 2020 and is widely credited with transforming the FT from a newspaper publisher into a multi-channel global news organisation. He spent more than a decade with the giants of business\, finance and politics\, often privy to their innermost thoughts in moments of crisis. During this time\, Barber was witness to the events which shaped the first part of the 21st century: the rise of China\, Brexit\, the tech boom and the crisis of western liberal democracy. His diaries – The Powerful and the Damned – offer unflinching portraits of this time\, and of the leading characters in this drama from Trump\, Cameron\, Blair\, Obama\, Putin\, Merkel\, Draghi and May\, to Prince Andrew\, Mohammed Bin Salman and Dominic Cummings. His work is essential reading for anyone interested in politics\, the economy\, business\, pop culture\, high society and what the powerful\, and occasionally dammed\, really think.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/lionel-barber/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T164500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T173000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132126Z
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UID:1171-1602866700-1602869400@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Decolonising Economics\, What does it mean and how is it done?
DESCRIPTION:In recent times\, economics has been seriously challenged about its Eurocentric nature and colonial roots. In this event\, the panellists question the extent to which the project of economic development had its basis in colonial power structures. It considers the current technical aspects of this project; the dichotomy contrast between the public and private spheres in development policy-making and how this has varied across time and region; and finally\, the political economy of the contemporary development agenda\, with a specific focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). \nThe panel includes Fadekemi Abiru (economist and writer)\, Surbhi Kesar (Azim Premji University – India)\, (Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven (University of York) and Farwa Sial (University of Manchester).
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/decolonising-economics-what-does-it-mean-and-how-is-it-done/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T163000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132126Z
CREATED:20260701T112837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132126Z
UID:1170-1602862200-1602865800@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Why Diversifying and Decolonising Economics Matters to Everyone
DESCRIPTION:The lack of diversity in terms of gender and race in economics has received increased attention in recent years\, but events following the death of African American George Floyd have caused economists to further reflect and rethink how they study long-simmering\, systemic racial inequities. Economics is now having its #BlackLivesMatter moment as the discipline has been challenged about its Eurocentric nature. As well as considering the benefits of increasing racial and ethnic diversity for the economics profession\, economists are also asking how economic theories explain today’s racial economic inequalities – and the extent to which colonialism is to blame? How does economics understand the links between racial inequalities and systemic racism? \nThe panel includes Keston Perry (UWE Bristol)\, Imran Rasul (University College London)\, Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe (WISER) and chaired by Romesh Vaitilingam. \nIn our ninth Festival of Economics\, co-programmed by Diane Coyle and Richard Davies\, economists and experts from around the world debate with each other – and their audiences – some of the key economic questions of our time.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/why-diversifying-and-decolonising-economics-matters-to-everyone/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T141500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T151500
DTSTAMP:20260701T132125Z
CREATED:20260701T112836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132125Z
UID:1169-1602857700-1602861300@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Building Bristol Back Better\, Principles in Practice
DESCRIPTION:How can the local economy be tilted towards a more sustainable\, fairer and inclusive model? \nThe local and regional economy post-Covid-19 faces a number of new challenges – growing inequality; the death of the high street; resources draining away from the region (an estimated £100m leaves Bristol every year in transaction charges alone); the inequity of an increasingly cashless society for the unbanked\, and more. \nLiving in a wealthy region of one of the world’s strongest economies\, are we right to focus on the immediate issues for our city? Or should we be more globally focussed\, looking to support economies in less prosperous places? \nUsing local initiatives Bristol Pound and City Funds as a starting point\, Diana Finch (MD Bristol Pound)\, Charles Larkin (Director of Research at the Institute for Policy Research\, University of Bath)\, Zara Nanu (Gapsquare)\, Ed Rowberry (CEO of Bristol and Bath Regional Capital) and Martin Parker (University of Bristol) explore ways of addressing these challenges\, which build on the strong responsible finance and investment sector already in the region. Can we deliver leading\, scalable projects which show the way forward for other city regions – or are these concepts too small scale or niche to change economic and social behaviours to create a more equal society?
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/building-bristol-back-better-principles-in-practice/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T140000
DTSTAMP:20260701T132125Z
CREATED:20260701T112836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T132125Z
UID:1168-1602853200-1602856800@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Brexit\, Farming and the Food Supply Chain
DESCRIPTION:When lockdown began in March\, it wasn’t just toilet paper that we couldn’t buy. Essential day to day foods\, from flour to tea bags to pasta\, evaporated from supermarket shelves too. Brexit – even with a trade deal – may lead to even bigger disruptions to food supplies\, as about two fifths of our food is imported. How secure is our food supply in Britain? Will UK farmers be able to fill the gaps\, or should we be stockpiling now? Will we be eating chlorinated chicken in 2021? Are Covid and Brexit an opportunity to rethink British farming and the provenance of the food we eat? Kamala Dawar (University of Sussex) and Dieter Helm (University of Oxford) discuss with broadcaster Charlotte Smith (Farming Today). \nIn our ninth Festival of Economics\, co-programmed by Diane Coyle and Richard Davies\, economists and experts from around the world debate with each other – and their audiences – some of the key economic questions of our time.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/brexit-farming-and-the-food-supply-chain/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T114500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T123000
DTSTAMP:20260701T131926Z
CREATED:20260701T112823Z
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UID:1167-1602848700-1602851400@economicsfestival.co.uk
SUMMARY:Ask an Economist\, Bank of England Monetary Policy Report
DESCRIPTION:The Bank of England has been at the heart of the official response to the impact of Covid-19 on the UK economy. Malindi Myers\, Bank of England Agent for the South West\, will walk you through the Bank’s latest thinking on how the economy is performing\, and how the evidence on the impact of Covid-19\, and Brexit\, is unfolding. She will touch upon the growth path of the economy during 2020\, the household and business response to the current economic dynamic\, developments in the labour market\, the path of inflation and some indications of the impact of EU Exit on the UK economy through two recent Bank of England surveys. This perspective sets the stage for the Monetary Policy Committee to decide on interest rates and quantitative easing as it supports the economy back to health and inflation back to its 2% target. \nIn our ninth Festival of Economics\, co-programmed by Diane Coyle and Richard Davies\, economists and experts from around the world debate with each other – and their audiences – some of the key economic questions of our time.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/ask-an-economist-bank-of-england-monetary-policy-report/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T104500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201016T113000
DTSTAMP:20260701T131926Z
CREATED:20260701T112822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T131926Z
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SUMMARY:Opening Event\, Robert Chote in conversation with Richard Davies
DESCRIPTION:To open this year’s festival\, Robert Chote is in conversation with Richard Davies\, professor of Public Understanding of Economics\, Bristol University and author of Extreme Economies. Chote was Chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)\, the UK’s fiscal watchdog\, from 2010 to 2020 \nThey examine what’s different about this recession\, and reflect on experiences in previous crises including the Sterling crash of 1992\, and the financial collapse of 2008. They discuss Chote’s experience building and shaping the OBR. They talk about how taxation shapes our economy\, by influencing the things people do and don’t do\, and how we might want to re-shape our tax system in the future. And they debate the challenges of reporting and explaining economic issues to the public. \nIn our ninth Festival of Economics\, co-programmed by Diane Coyle and Richard Davies\, economists and experts from around the world debate with each other – and their audiences – some of the key economic questions of our time. \nIt’s important to us that ideas and debate are affordable to everyone. It’s also important that our commentators\, artists\, writers\, poets and thinkers are paid. This is a Pay What You Can event. You are invited to choose your own contribution to the event\, from £0 to £8. All proceeds go towards supporting our speakers and sustaining Festival of Ideas. The option to attend for free is available for all online events.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/opening-event-robert-chote-in-conversation-with-richard-davies/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Why Are So Many Places Becoming 'Left Behind'?
DESCRIPTION:Well-paid\, skilled jobs are increasingly concentrated in big cities. What is driving this economic polarisation\, is it unstoppable\, and what are the implications for towns and rural or seaside places? If you were Minister for the Left Behind\, what would your policies be?
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/why-are-so-many-places-becoming-left-behind/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191122T183000
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SUMMARY:The Economics of Social Care
DESCRIPTION:How to pay for social care in an ageing population is a fraught economic and political challenge. In a society where wealth and political power lie in the hands of the ageing baby boomers but the future depends on the work and taxes of younger generations\, what is the answer to the conundrum?
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/the-economics-of-social-care/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191122T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191122T180000
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SUMMARY:Ask an Economist: Office for National Statistics
DESCRIPTION:Find out more about collecting\, analysing and disseminating statistics about the UK’s economy\, society and population.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/ask-an-economist-office-for-national-statistics/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191122T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191122T163000
DTSTAMP:20260701T131726Z
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SUMMARY:Ask an Economist: Economics - What Is It Good For?
DESCRIPTION:Economists from the University of Bristol will discuss the use – and usefulness – of economics and how it can help to bring about social change. This session is a chance to learn more and ask questions in an informal setting.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/ask-an-economist-economics-what-is-it-good-for/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191122T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191122T150000
DTSTAMP:20260701T131726Z
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SUMMARY:Discover Economics
DESCRIPTION:An opportunity to learn about economics and where an economics degree might take you with a programme of interactive sessions and guest speakers from the Bank of England\, Competition and Markets Authority and Triodos Bank. Suitable for Year 11/12 students not currently studying economics\, as well as those that are.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/discover-economics/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T213000
DTSTAMP:20260701T131725Z
CREATED:20260701T112818Z
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SUMMARY:100 Years After Keynes: the Future of Capitalism
DESCRIPTION:Keynes’ economics laid the foundation for a version of capitalism combining the merits of both markets and government intervention. But his humane\, mixed economy vision has been eroded by the political turn to ‘free markets’ and globalisation. What is the future of capitalism given the tensions today between global markets and rising nationalism\, and the challenges posed by technological change?
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/100-years-after-keynes-the-future-of-capitalism/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T193000
DTSTAMP:20260701T131725Z
CREATED:20260701T112818Z
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SUMMARY:Keynote: Carl Frey - The Technology Trap
DESCRIPTION:How can the history of technological revolutions help us better understand economic and political polarisation in the age of automation? Just as the Industrial Revolution eventually brought about extraordinary benefits for society\, artificial intelligence systems have the potential to do the same. Carl Frey argues that in the midst of another technological revolution\, the lessons of the past can help us to more effectively face the present.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/keynote-carl-frey-the-technology-trap/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T180000
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CREATED:20260701T112817Z
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SUMMARY:Talking Politics: Podcast Recording
DESCRIPTION:Corbyn! Trump! Brexit! Politics has never been more unpredictable or more interesting. Talking Politics is the podcast that tries to make sense of it all. David Runciman discusses pressing political questions with a panel of guests.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/talking-politics-podcast-recording/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T163000
DTSTAMP:20260701T131711Z
CREATED:20260701T112804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T131711Z
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SUMMARY:Ask an Economist: The Environment
DESCRIPTION:What is the ‘green economy’\, how did it come about and does it work? Should we have economic growth in a time of climate change? Explore these issues in this interactive workshop with Clare Birkett\, Head of Adult Education at Economy.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/ask-an-economist-the-environment/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T133000
DTSTAMP:20260701T131711Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T131711Z
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SUMMARY:Big Digital
DESCRIPTION:The Silicon Valley tech titans have gone from heroes to zeroes – although we can’t put our iPhones down\, we feel like we’ve been Zucked. What policies are needed to tame the powerful technology giants and ensure they do not abuse their economic power? Are governments doing enough to tame them?
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/big-digital/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T120000
DTSTAMP:20260701T131710Z
CREATED:20260701T112802Z
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SUMMARY:Deborah Hargreaves: Pay Inequality and the Future of Capitalism
DESCRIPTION:Wages for the majority have been stagnant for decades\, but a lucky few have enjoyed a pay bonanza. Deborah Hargreaves explains why pay for the top 0.1 percent has sky-rocketed in the past 20 years. She gives a devastating account of how it has created a vicious circle that destabilises our economy and undermines social cohesion.
URL:https://economicsfestival.co.uk/event/deborah-hargreaves-pay-inequality-and-the-future-of-capitalism/
LOCATION:We The Curious
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